Overview
Claude Obsidian turns source material into linked, source-cited notes, answers from evidence already in the vault, and keeps the vault healthy.
What it does
- Source-cited, linked notes
- Answers grounded in your vault
- Research and retrieval workflows
- Vault maintenance and visual maps
Capability source: Project documentation
Who Claude Obsidian fits
Obsidian users building a research knowledge base with an agent.
How you run it
Claude Obsidian runs on infrastructure you manage.
Documented deployment options: Claude Code.
Before you choose it
The vault stays plain Markdown. Back it up before letting the agent reorganize notes.
Self-hosting and deployment
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Cloud / hosted offering
- Not recorded
- Docker noted in deployment tags
- Not recorded
- Deployment tags
- Claude Code
- Difficulty
- Easy
Claude Obsidian questions
- What is Claude Obsidian?
- A local-first Obsidian knowledge system for Claude Code and other skill hosts. It is listed under Agent skills on PickOpenSource.
- Is Claude Obsidian open source?
- Yes. Its source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license.
- Can you self-host Claude Obsidian?
- Yes. Listed deployment options: Claude Code.
- Is Claude Obsidian free?
- Pricing is not recorded in this catalog. Check the official website for hosted plans and edition limits, and the MIT license for usage conditions. Self-hosting also requires infrastructure and maintenance.
- What are alternatives to Claude Obsidian?
- Similar agent skills projects include Superpowers, Skills by Matt Pocock, and Ponytail.
- Is Claude Obsidian actively maintained?
- The latest commit on GitHub was September 10, 2026, and the repository has 15k stars.
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